Sean "Puffy" Combs has been given a January 2, 2001 start date for his trial on weapons possession and bribery charges stemming from the rap mogul's arrest on December 27, 1999, while fleeing a shooting at a New York City nightclub.

The trial date was set during a hearing on Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, and Combs' bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, and Bad Boy rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow will both be tried along with Puffy as co-defendants.